Comments on: How to Avoid MSG http://www.3fatchicks.com/how-to-avoid-msg/ Best weight loss support online! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bonnie http://www.3fatchicks.com/how-to-avoid-msg/comment-page-1/#comment-10251 Bonnie Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:18:57 +0000 http://www.3fatchicks.com/how-to-avoid-msg/#comment-10251 Thank you so much for this (and your other article on the four most likely MSG culprit foods). For the third time this week I've had heart palpitations and trouble breathing, and finally put my finger on it this morning. McDonald's, Taco Bell, and beef jerky. I foolishly thought that these companies weren't putting MSG in everything anymore, and again was fooled by the newer descriptors of the glutamates in their food. I suspect I also have a sensitivity to sodium nitrite, so cured meats are out as well. Thanks to you too, RJ. Now I know what I have to do, which is read, read, READ those labels and get used to cooking from scratch again! Thank you so much for this (and your other article on the four most likely MSG culprit foods). For the third time this week I’ve had heart palpitations and trouble breathing, and finally put my finger on it this morning. McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and beef jerky. I foolishly thought that these companies weren’t putting MSG in everything anymore, and again was fooled by the newer descriptors of the glutamates in their food. I suspect I also have a sensitivity to sodium nitrite, so cured meats are out as well.

Thanks to you too, RJ. Now I know what I have to do, which is read, read, READ those labels and get used to cooking from scratch again!

]]> By: Rachel Johnson http://www.3fatchicks.com/how-to-avoid-msg/comment-page-1/#comment-2470 Rachel Johnson Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:10:21 +0000 http://www.3fatchicks.com/how-to-avoid-msg/#comment-2470 Ten years ago I started to have severe restless leg syndrome. My doctor prescribed gabapentin which helped somewhat but I noticed that every time I ate out my legs would suffer. I also noticed that when I used Campbell's soups that my legs twitched all night. Finally a friend suggested I stop eating prepared foods to avoid MSG. This was successful until I discovered that most of the packaged foods I used contained MSG. I started reading labels and this seemed to put the problem at rest. Then I visited my daughter where that evening my legs gave me a fit. She discovered that Uncle Ben's flavored rice was the culprit. Even packaged grits and oatmeal do the same. Now most of what I eat is prepared from scratch and my family is aware of the problem. My home cooking tastes better than the canned and packaged meals so why or why do these companies aggravated those of us who find MSG unacceptable? I have a daughter and several good friends, my dental hygienist, etc., who suffer greatly when inadvertantly consuming MSG. It should be banned just as many drugs have been banned. I have spent a lot of money on anti-MSG medicine and think there should be some compensation. Thanks. Yours is the only web site that allows me to sound off. RJ. Ten years ago I started to have severe restless leg syndrome. My doctor prescribed gabapentin which helped somewhat but I noticed that every time I ate out my legs would suffer. I also noticed that when I used Campbell’s soups that my legs twitched all night. Finally a friend suggested I stop eating prepared foods to avoid MSG. This was successful until I discovered that most of the packaged foods I used contained MSG. I started reading labels and this seemed to put the problem at rest. Then I visited my daughter where that evening my legs gave me a fit. She discovered that Uncle Ben’s flavored rice was the culprit. Even packaged grits and oatmeal do the same. Now most of what I eat is prepared from scratch and my family is aware of the problem. My home cooking tastes better than the canned and packaged meals so why or why do these companies aggravated those of us who find MSG unacceptable? I have a daughter and several good friends, my dental hygienist, etc., who suffer greatly when inadvertantly consuming MSG. It should be banned just as many drugs have been banned. I have spent a lot of money on anti-MSG medicine and think there should be some compensation. Thanks. Yours is the only web site that allows me to sound off. RJ.

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